Equisetum bogotense
Equisetaceae FAMILY

Equisetum bogotense

Equisetum bogotense

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial
Growth—

Succeeds in warm temperate to tropical areas, usually but not exclusively at elevations above 2,000 metres in the tropics. The plant occasionally invades abandoned cultivated fields in its native range[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Equisetum+bogotense>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]American Fern Journal Vol.20 — American Fern Society; Virginia. · 1930 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0002-8444 ↩︎Contains information on a range of ferns and related plants, included Equisetum. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Pteridophyta of Peru — Tryon R.M.: Stolze R.G. · Field Museum of Natural History · 1993 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A flora of the fern species in Peru. It cam be downloaded from the Internet.
  3. [3]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 76 — Missouri Botanical Garden · 1989 ↩︎An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains a monograph of the genus Zapoteca (Calliandra) amongst other things.
  4. [4]American Fern Journal Vol.89 — American Fern Society; Virginia. · 1999 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0002-8444 ↩︎Includes articles on the commercial uses (inclusing medicinal) of ferns in Central America and the cultivation of the genus Dryopteris. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  5. [5]Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 40 — Dorr L.J.; Stergios B.; Smith A.R.; Cuello N.L. · National Museum Natural History; Washington. · 2000 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A catalogue of the vascular plants of Guaramacal National Park in Venezuela. Mainly a terse list of plants, but it contains some information on plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  6. [6]The Ethnobotany of Chinchero. — Franquemont C. Et al · Field Museum of Natural History. · 1990 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0015-0746 ↩︎Brief details on the local uses of plants for an Andean community in southern Peru. It can be downloaded from the Internet.